Funeral of Cambodia’s king

Children play their part

Young children light candles outside the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Former King Norodom Sihanouk died of a heart attack last October in Beijing at the age of 89. For the past three months his body has been lying in state at the Royal Palace. Officials were expecting more than one million people to line the streets to witness the funeral procession. The former king’s body was to be transported to a cremation site and kept for three days before his wife and son lit the pyre. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images